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Kids Activity: Listen to Winter Birds

Learn a few bird songs to help you find and identify your feathered friends.

Use some leaves from a house plant as inspiration for your valentines.

Study snowflakes and marvel at the unique beauty of each ice crystal.

Create a snow fort or wall using a plastic container and snow.

Take advantage of freezing winter temperatures to make something from ice.

Use food coloring and water to “paint” the snow.

Use Kool-Aid to make colorful pasta for an indoor sensory bin.

We don’t have mistletoe in Minnesota, so make your own fun twist on this holiday tradition.

Pull together a last minute snack for reindeer.

Bottle up the magic of falling snow with an old bottle, some glitter, water and soap.